About The Agents And Plug-Ins That Software Management Solution Uses - Symantec ALTIRIS 7.0 SP2 - MANAGEMENT SOLUTION Manual

About the agents and plug-ins that Software
Management Solution uses
Agent or plug-in
Software Management
Framework agent
Software Management
Solution agent for Windows

About the agents and plug-ins that Software Management Solution uses

Certain agents and plug-ins must be installed on the client computers to manage
and run the Software Management Solution functions.
Predefined tasks are provided to install these agents and plug-ins. Each predefined
task installs one or more software resources that comprise the agents. For example,
you can include the Software Portal agent with the installation of the Software
Management Solution agent. When you do so, the predefined task installs the
software resources for both agents.
Agents and plug-ins that Software Management Solution uses
Table 2-2
Description
Manages all the software delivery functions in Software Management Solution.
Software deliveries are closely integrated with the software resources in the Software
Catalog. The Software Management Framework agent manages the package downloads
and other aspects of software delivery.
The Software Management Framework agent is installed on the client computers
when the Altiris Agent is installed.
For more information, see the topics about the Software Management Framework
agent in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
Helps to provide support for software delivery, software management, and software
virtualization on Windows computers. Optionally, this agent can also install the
Software Portal agent on client computers.
The software resource that comprises this agent is named Software Management
Solution Agent.
See "Installing the Software Management Solution agent"
Implementing Software Management Solution
on page 38.
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